Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design

DONALDWATSON,FAIA,isProfessorandDeanEmeritusoftheSchoolofArchitecture,RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,Troy,NewYorkandhonoredasASCADistinguishedProfessor,2002.HisbooksincludeClimaticBuildingDesign,co-authoredwithKennethLabs,(McGraw-Hill1983,revised1993),recipientoftheBestBookinArchitectureandPlanningAwardfromtheAmericanPublishersAssociation.Heiseditor-in-chiefofTime-SaverStandardsforArchitecturalDesignData(7thedition,1997)andTime-SaverStandardsforBuildingMaterialsandSystems(2000).ALANPLATTUSisProfessorofArchitectureandUrbanismatYaleUniversitySchoolofArchitecture.HefoundedanddirectstheYaleUrbanDesignWorkshop,acommunitydesigncenterthathasworkedwithcities,townsandneighborhoodsthroughouttheregion.HealsodirectstheYaleChinaStudio,workingwithuniversitiesinChinaonurbandesignissuesinrapidlydevelopingcities.Hehaspublishedwidelyonthehistoryandtheoryofarchitectureandurbanism,andeditedtheneweditionofHegemannandPeetsclassictext,TheAmericanVitruvius.ROBERTG.SHIBLEY,AIA,AICP,isaprofessorofarchitectureandplanningattheSchoolofArchitectureandPlanning,UniversityatBuffalo,StateUniversityofNewYork.HeistheDirectoroftheUrbanDesignProject,acenterforthestudyandpracticeofurbandesign.Healsoistheco-authorofsevenbooksincludingUrbanExcellencewithPhilipLangdonandPollyWelsh(1990),Placemaking:TheArtandPracticeofBuildingCommunitieswithLyndaSchneekloth(1995),andCommitmenttoPlace:UrbanExcellenceandCommunity(2000).